The local democracy think tank, the Local Government Information Unit, has teamed up with the Department for Education and Skills to highlight the responsibilities faced by local councillors as ‘corporate parents’ for children in care.They have launched ‘If this were my child’ described as a councillor’s guide to being a good corporate parent, and which the two bodies say is an essential toolkit for local authorities as they face new responsibilities arising from the government’s recent Green Paper ‘Every Child Matters’ and the Laming Report earlier this year into the death of Victoria Climbie.
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